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Conference for Police Educators

Police training and education are critically important issues for today’s police leaders. The Canadian Association of Police Educators (CAPE) is inviting police leaders and other personnel to attend CAPE’s Fall Conference in Niagara Falls, ON from October 25 to 27, 2022. This conference will include important discussions on education and continuous learning in policing. Please click here for more information on the program and to register. 

OACP President Chief Nishan Duraiappah and OACP Board...

Police Leaders Head to Quebec City

Many Ontario police leaders, including OACP President Chief Nishan Duraiappah and Executive Director Jeff McGuire, are heading to Quebec City, QC, this weekend to attend the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police’s (CACP) 117th Annual Conference. 

Ontario members are looking forward to sharing their experiences with colleagues from across the country and learning about innovative practices and important issues impacting Canadian police leaders. 

A special thanks to Deputy Commissioner Bryan Larkin...

2022 OACP & Blue Line Expo

Join us at OACP & Blue Line Expo

Be a part of Canada's premier law enforcement conference and trade show on October 21, 2022. The event will be held at Paramount EventSpace in Vaughan, ON.

For the first time this year, the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP) and Blue Line has partnered together to bring together a national perspective and a provincial focus under one roof.

The OACP & Blue Line Expo will feature sessions curated for all ranks and a trade show floor featuring a wide range...

Special Issues of Journal of Community Safety and Well-Being

The Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP) partners with the Journal of Community Safety and Well-Being (CSWB) to provide our members with access to outstanding academic resources. The Journal is pleased to announce that a special issue dedicated to the research derived from the Envisaging the Future (EtF) project will be published in the summer of 2022. Published in partnership with the Global Law Enforcement and Public Health Association (GLEPHA) and Guest edited by Prof. Nick Crofts (

Cambridge Centre for EBP Courses

Our partners at the Cambridge Centre for Evidence-based Policing (CCEBP) in Cambridge, U.K. are offering three upcoming courses:

Targeting Serious Violence with Evidenced-Based Policing(August 1-5, 2022)

This course comes with two options, the whole 5 days (analysts and researchers) or just the first three days (police leaders and aspiring leaders). The course is designed to help organizations identify those most likely to be victimized by serious violence. It will teach participants how to use...